Twitter faces backlash for labeling NPR as 'state-affiliated media'
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Twitter has labeled NPR's account as "state-affiliated media," putting the Washington-based nonprofit news organization in the same category as propaganda outlets like the Russian-government-owned RT and the Chinese Communist Party's People's Daily newspaper. NPR, which has 8.8 million followers on the site, protested the label, stating that it is editorially independent of any government agency or funding source. Twitter's action appears to be consistent with Elon Musk's often arbitrary and punitive decisions regarding news-media accounts since buying the company last year for $44 billion.
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